And all the minority firms in the nation combined do less brokerage business than a single consulting firm such as Wilshire.
Likewise, some personality types will flourish under the freedom that is gained by leaving the restraints of the heavily compliance-oriented, less entrepreneur brokerage firms.
Funds that trade less should have lower brokerage costs, lower tax bills and higher net returns.
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In short, the Public Disclosure Program actually misleads investors into believing the risks related to doing business with brokerage firms are far less than they really are.
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Analysts have long been bullish toward Microsoft, with the stock proclaimed a Buy by no less than 21 of the 30 brokerage firms following the shares, according to Zacks.com.
"Hedge fund clients have less to worry about when the prime brokerage is part of a larger investment bank, " he said.
With massive layoffs and once-flush brokerage firms finding cash a less abundant commodity, disputes over getting paid have taken on new meaning.
Indeed, brokerage stocks seem to have even less short interest, an indication that the sector is favored more than commercial banks, which have greater exposure to the hazards of interest-rate fluctuations.
Yet my firm does less than one-tenth of the amount of brokerage business as Mercer.
The purchase required paying a small brokerage commission, which makes the investment less flexible than a mutual fund.
The more you understand how investment research is used by brokerage firms to make them money, the less likely they are to be making it at your expense.
Using money from your taxable brokerage account, in contrast, costs you much less.
The banks and brokerage houses are now so big that quality control is less reliable and sometimes even less expected.
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Restructuring is aided by synergies from its brokerage integration, completed in July, and progress in downsizing less favorable trading activities.
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The Boston-based brokerage firm Detwiler Fenton asserted in a research note this morning that the company is likely to sell less than 1 million units in the December quarter.
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In times of less turmoil, the central bank generally only deals with primary dealers, a group of 20 big banks and brokerage houses with which the New York Federal Reserve conducts its open-market operations, buying and selling government securities to guide the federal funds rate.
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